DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has increased its holding in American video game company Activision Blizzard by 13.3% to 37.9 million shares, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Monday. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) bought 4.4 million shares in the video game maker in the second quarter, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. PIF, […]
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FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the opening of the MTA’s public vaccination program at Grand Central Terminal train station in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File PhotoNEW YORK (Reuters) -All healthcare workers in New York state must be […]
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Bank of England (BoE) will wait until 2023 before raising Bank Rate from a record low of 0.10%, a Reuters poll found, but economists said there was a chance an increase may come sooner than that on elevated inflation and a strong economic recovery.FILE PHOTO: People walk past the Bank of England during morning rush hour, […]
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco is looking to raise at least $17 billion from the sale of a significant minority stake in its gas pipelines, higher than the $12.4 billion raised from its oil pipeline deal, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.FILE PHOTO: Saudi Aramco logo is pictured at the oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, […]
Read moreFox Business Flash top headlines for August 13 Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. SYDNEY — BHP said it is in talks with Australian oil-and-natural-gas company Woodside Petroleum Ltd. on a potential deal to combine BHP’s petroleum unit with Woodside. LITHIUM MINES FIGHTING FLOWER POWER AS BIDEN LOOKS TO RAMP UP PRODUCTION BHP is also assessing other options for the […]
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory output and retail sales growth slowed sharply and missed expectations in July, as new COVID-19 outbreaks and floods disrupted business operations, adding to signs the economic recovery is losing momentum.FILE PHOTO: A worker wearing a face mask works on a production line manufacturing glassware products at a factory in Haian, Jiangsu province, China February 29, […]
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TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar held near a one-week low versus major peers on Monday, after slumping the most in almost seven weeks on Friday as diving U.S. consumer confidence hurt bets for an early tightening of Federal Reserve policy.FILE PHOTO: An employee counts U.S. dollar bills at a money exchange in central Cairo, Egypt, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd […]
Read moreGasparino tweet moves Robinhood stock Fox Business senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino discusses Robinhood stock increase on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Robinhood dodged a major blow to its business model following a vote by the House Financial Services Committee that resulted in the quiet shelving of an initial legislative effort to ban a practice known as "payment for order flow," FOX Business has learned. […]
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Under pressure from the U.S. government to contain illegal immigration, Mexico has been quietly flying thousands of undocumented migrants to the south of the country to expedite their departure, according to officials and migrants.FILE PHOTO: Migrants, who were expelled from the U.S and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, queue outside of a National Institute […]
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